Questions people ask us

In Good Company is a marketplace where Tulane University students rent party gear to each other, and share which local vendors are actually worth booking. It was built by four Tulane students in New Orleans, and the gear in the catalog today belongs to those same four people. It is a student venture project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tulane University.

Tulane undergraduates throwing something on a student budget: a tailgate, a birthday, a backyard BBQ, a formal, a grad dinner, a brunch. Tulane has about 7,900 full-time undergraduates, and we are starting with Greek life event chairs, RAs and student orgs, because they plan events every semester.

The lender sets the price. Across the 12 items listed today, prices run $4 to $18 a day, and a whole suggested kit comes to $27 to $53 for one day. There is no delivery fee because there is no delivery, no order minimum, and no membership fee to rent. During the founding preview nothing is charged at all.

Twelve things: 6ft and 4ft folding tables, a set of six folding chairs, a large Bluetooth party speaker, a portable speaker, 48ft of string lights, a pair of LED uplights, tablecloths, serving platters, a beverage tub, an extension-cord and power-strip kit, and a 10x10 folding tent.

Browse by the event you are throwing, open an item, and pick your pickup and return dates. The page adds up the days and shows the estimate before you commit to anything. Sending the request needs a free account, which takes an email and a password, and we reply within 24 hours.

We are at Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana. After we confirm your request we arrange a pickup spot with you, near campus. We do not deliver and we do not ship, which is why there is no delivery fee.

A local event-rental company is built around deliveries, order minimums and a warehouse across town, and prices reflect that. We are a folding table two streets away, with no delivery fee and no minimum. The honest trade-off is range: our catalog is twelve items owned by four students, so a rental company can outfit a 300-person wedding and we cannot.

Yes, and that is half the point. You list the item, set your own price with a suggested range so you are not guessing, and you approve every request before anything leaves your hands. Payouts start when payments go live, which has not happened yet.

Real today: accounts, rent requests, the listing form, and vendor recommendations, each read and answered by a person on our team. Not live yet: payments, deposits, payouts, and lenders approving their own requests rather than us doing it by hand. Nothing on this site charges anyone anything.

During the founding preview, email us at ingoodcompany.tu@gmail.com and our team works it out with both sides. At launch you will report damage with photos through the booking, every listing will show a deposit amount before you book, and the full written policy will be finalised before any money changes hands.